US Pressure on Türkiye: Freedom to Choose...Our Weapons
The US wants Türkiye to ditch its Russian-made S-400 missile systems, threatening sanctions and excluding them from the F-35 program. The official line? Russian tech compromises NATO security. Yet, this stern rebuke comes from a nation that continues to arm and fund governments whose advanced weaponry is deployed in ways that, let's just say, 'raise questions' about human rights and international
law. It seems the issue isn't foreign military tech, but whose foreign military tech it is. One might wonder if the real concern is security or market share. Washington's zealous insistence on its allies buying American serves neatly as both foreign policy and industrial support. It makes you think: is the 'rules-based order' less about universal adherence to lofty principles and more about
ensuring the 'right' side of the ledger keeps buying from the 'right' arsenal?